Politics and Religion in Central and Eastern Europe - Traditions and Transitions

List of contents

Tables and Figures
Preface
Traditions and Transitions: Reflections on the Problems and Prospects for Religions in Eastern and Central Europe by Roberto Cipriani
Religio-Nationalist Subcultures in the Soviet Union: Comparisons and Conceptual Refinements by Hank Johnston
Religion in Post-Communist Countries: A Comparative Study of Religiousness in Byelorussia, Ukraine, Lithuania, Russia, and Poland by Irena Borowik
The New Europe and the Value Orientations of Young People: East-West Comparisons by Luigi Tomasi
From Glasnost to Dukhovnost?: The Commonwealth's Alienation Crisis by Patricia Ann Wasely Lomire
Religious and National Identity of Russians by Natalia Dinello
Churches, Politics and Society in Post-Communist East-Central Europe by Ivan Varga
Religion, Communism, and Democracy in Central Europe: The Polish Case by Patrick Michel
The Crash of the Sacred Canopy in Polish Society: A Systems Theory Approach by Enzo Pace
The Church as Catalyst in East Germany's Freedom Movement by Karen C. Hartley
Germany's Reconstruction: The Role of the Eastern German Evangelical Church before and after Reunification by Robert E. Beckley, H. Paul Chalfant, and D. Paul Johnson
Social and Ethical Aspects of the Development of the Slovak Evangelical Church in the 20th Century by Vasil Gluchman
Medjugorje and the Crisis in Yugoslavia by Gerald E. Markle and Frances B. McCrea
Bibliography
Index

About the author

WILLIAM H. SWATOS, JR., is Editor of Sociology of Religion, the offical journal of the Association for the Sociology of Religion. He is the author, co-author, and editor of a number of books, including For Democracy (Greenwood, 1993) and Time, Place, and Circumstance (Greenwood, 1990).

Product details

• Authors: Swatos William H.
• Assisted by: William H. Jr. Swatos (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.10.1994
• EAN: 9780275947538
• ISBN: 978-0-275-94753-8
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Eastern Europe, RELIGION / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Religion: general, Politics & government, Central Europe, Politics and government, Sociology & anthropology, Sociology and anthropology, Politics, Law, and Government: Comparative Politics